Max Apple is an American

United States

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 short story

Short story

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 writer, novelist, and university professor

Professor

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 at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. Apple was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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 and received his B.A. (1963) and Ph.D (1970) from The University of Michigan. After teaching creative writing at Rice University

Rice University

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 in Houston, Texas

Texas

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 for 29 years Apple retired briefly, only to resume teaching at The University of Pennsylvania. Along with his published novels and short story collections he has written the screenplays for The Air Up There

The Air Up There

The Air Up There is a 1994 comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Kevin Bacon and Charles Gitonga Maina with Yolanda Vazquez as Sister Susan.-Plot:...

starring Kevin Bacon and Roommates (based on his 1994 biography Roommates: My Grandfather's Story).

External links

• http://www.harpers.org/subjects/MaxApple/WriterOf/FictionLinks to three of Max Apple's stories published in Harper's Magazine
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